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Reader recommendation: Beyond Love

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July 27, 2012

By Marjorie Verhoeven, Hamilton, Ontario

I am reading a book called Beyond Love, written by a woman from Iraq named Hadiya Hussein and recently translated into English by Ikram Masmoudi. I am just loving it so very much; it is very moving. It is about how the war affects families and life and relationships.